Please be my partner.

“It’s my honor,” Mellen said.

Then, Melen and Xinko stepped into the golden door.

A spatial fluctuation so gentle that it was almost imperceptible flashed by, and the two of them came to a new world.

They appeared in a huge square. At the edge of the square stood thirteen small golden doors that were a hundred meters high. From time to time, people could be seen entering and exiting these small golden doors.

There is no sun in the sky, but there are five moons shining with different colors, and these moons exude a strong mysterious atmosphere.

This place is filled with the collision of magic and technology. Fantasy castles and sophisticated mechanical buildings can be seen everywhere. Along the road, you can see exotic flowers and plants that sparkle with spiritual light. There are also unknown sculptures on the lawn. Some of these sculptures look like some kind of symbols, while more of them look like more abstract things.

The trickles of water intersect and eventually converge into a lake, but if you look closely, you will find that this is not a lake at all, it is clearly an ocean world, but it looks like a small lake due to space compression.

In the far distance, a towering spire can be vaguely seen, and above the spire seems to be floating a... key.

Xin Ke smiled and said, "Welcome to the Golden Academy!"

He pointed at the small golden door and said, "These portals lead to various areas of the academy, allowing instructors and students to quickly travel between them. Of course, you can also travel on your own without going through the portals, but because the academy is so large, traveling between different areas on your own often takes quite a while."

"There are many secret spaces hidden in the academy. Many of them are pranks left by previous seniors. Occasionally, there are some small rewards. If you don't want to be tricked, just follow the paths opened by the academy. The academy has clear regulations prohibiting the opening of secret spaces on the academy roads."

"The moon in the sky is a small secret realm owned by the academy. Each secret realm contains a large number of treasures."

"See that spire? That's the principal's office. As for what the key on the spire is used for, I don't know. Some say it's a powerful semi-artifact, while others say it's the control center of the entire academy."

After a brief introduction to the Golden Academy, Xin Ke said, "From now on, as a freshman, you just need to follow Xiao Jin's guidance."

Xiao Jin said, "Mellen, as a freshman, you haven't had your opening ceremony yet, so you only have the most basic permissions in the Golden Academy. Many places are off-limits."

"Your dorm has been assigned. Let's go there first."

Under Xiao Jin's guidance, the two entered a small golden door. When they appeared, it was still a square, and the center of the square was the corresponding small golden door.

Looking ahead, there are rows of high-tech metal buildings, and in the distance there seem to be some peculiarly shaped single-family villas.

Xin Ke said with envy, "See those villas in the distance? Those are where only Sequence and Seed levels are eligible to live. They even have separate training rooms and virtual battle arenas, and all other functions are also available. The conditions in every aspect far exceed those of ordinary student dormitories."

Under Xiao Jin's guidance, Mellen came to Room 3023 in Area C. It felt similar to a single room in an ordinary hotel, with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom. There was a dedicated smart butler in the room. If you don't want to go out, you can directly order the food prepared for free in the college, which is absolutely delicious.

Of course, the academy also has food areas, commercial areas, entertainment areas, etc. Even the floating island outside the academy is itself a huge entertainment city. If you want to spend money, there are plenty of places.

Today was a welcome party for Melen, so Xin Ke treated them and the two went to the food area to enjoy a sumptuous meal of exotic food.

The next day, Mellen looked at Xiao Jin, who was still floating near him, and asked, "With my current basic permissions, can I go to the college library to read books?"

Xiao Jin said: "Of course you can, but you can only read books within the basic permissions."

Mellen nodded and said, "Lead the way."

Under Xiao Jin's guidance, Mellen soon arrived at the library of the Golden Academy. It was a blue sphere floating in the air. The area did not look large, and the diameter of the sphere was only about 100 meters.

Xiao Jin said: "Just keep going forward and you will enter the library."

Melen understood this point, because from time to time he would see people disappear like phantoms after approaching the library.

Mellen moved towards the library. When he was about a thousand meters away, the surrounding space changed silently and he came to a pure white space.

At the same time, a voice rang out: "Welcome, freshman Mellen, reading room number X-16013 is now open to you. You can read all the books within your permission."

Melen only needed a little operation to figure out how to use the reading room.

As he released a wisp of his spirit, the pure white space suddenly turned into the fairy tale cottage he was familiar with, and there was even the tea he often drank on the table.

Mellen didn't start reading immediately. Instead, he looked around the small room with great interest. Finally, he came to the table, took a sip of tea, and muttered to himself in surprise, "It seems, it's not an illusion?!"

"Void Creation? Or some other similar ability?"

As Mellen chanted, the fairy tale cottage suddenly disappeared, and in its place was an unimaginably huge circular library with rows of bookshelves arranged in an orderly manner.

Mellen walked slowly among them. The books here seemed to be endless, but as long as he needed them, books of the relevant type would immediately appear beside him.

With a thought, he returned to the fairy tale cottage again. After Melen sat down, a virtual screen appeared in front of him, on which a list of books appeared densely packed. As he used his mental power to search, the items in the book list quickly decreased.

Soon the types of books he wanted were listed one by one...

Introduction to the Basics of Extraordinary

The Origin of Spirituality

Humans and Supernatural Powers

A Brief Account of Innate Talents

The Birth of Extraordinary Life: The Origin Sea

Spirituality and Transcendence

……

……

Melen looked at the still dense entries and was speechless. He just searched for an extraordinary foundation, and so many books popped up.

But after being speechless, he was delighted. The academy was indeed the place where one could easily access systematic knowledge. Wasn't this the reason why he paid the price to enter the Golden Academy?

As Melen chanted, a golden book appeared in his hand. The cover read "Introduction to the Basics of Extraordinary Things". He couldn't wait to read it.

As time went by, Mellen sometimes frowned, sometimes laughed, sometimes felt puzzled, and sometimes suddenly realized that the book in his hand did not look thick, but he had been flipping through it for a long time and still had not finished it.

A few hours later, Mellen turned the last page and closed the book with a look of great joy on his face.

The things described in "Introduction to the Basics of Extraordinary" are indeed very basic. Many of them are known to Melen, but there are also many that he does not know. Some of the arguments even contradict his cognition. If you carefully consider the relevant knowledge in the book, you will find that his cognition is indeed biased. Many things that we take for granted may not be as simple as they seem.

The books in his hands disappeared, and then new books appeared. Melen couldn't wait to immerse himself in the ocean of knowledge.

PS: The plot of the Golden Academy is just a transition and will not take up too much space.

Chapter 289: Entrance Ceremony and Entrance Examination (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

Mellen was immersed in the ocean of knowledge and couldn't extricate himself. In a blink of an eye, a month passed and it was time for the Golden Academy to start.

With Xiao Jin's reminder, Mellen came to his senses and left the library reluctantly.

Melen has basically decided on his next study plan. He will first study hard for a few years to make up for his weak understanding of the extraordinary and the mysterious, and then consider the sequence and seeds.

The solidity of the foundation determines the stability of the superstructure. This is a truth that Mellen understands both in his past life and this life.

On the way to the freshman orientation ceremony, Mellen also took the opportunity to learn about the dogs' current situation.

Spike was still struggling with the urge to kill, and was able to maintain brief periods of lucidity every once in a while.

Xiao Honglian stays with her master every day and doesn't feel bored.

Garuru is working hard to digest the large amount of extraordinary minerals absorbed from the Broken Land. His strength is improving by leaps and bounds, and he is now not far from the middle stage of legend.

The golden retriever further digested the dragon blood in his body, and now he has the legendary strength in his original state. After transforming into the Dark Prison Dragon Dog, he has further reached the middle stage of legend, and the duration is even longer. This is also normal. The foundation accumulated from the Dark Prison Dragon Egg was really too strong.

Xiao Liuli has reached the limit of the third level, and it won't be long before he can become a legend. By then, the speed of digesting the essence of the immortal spirit should also be greatly improved, and the next evolution should not be far away.

The Void Dog is even more amazing. Under the care (training?) of Garuru, Golden Retriever and Xiao Liuli, it lives quite well. Moreover, the Void Dog is worthy of being a Void Behemoth. In just one month, its size has grown from 100 meters at birth to 150 meters now. This birth size and growth rate are quite exaggerated among Void Behemoths.

In Melen's previous understanding, the size of the Void Beast was at most tens of meters, or even hundreds of meters. This understanding mainly came from the fact that he had previously purchased the remains of a Void Beast through Vic's channels. At that time, the remains were only about ten meters long.

When Melen saw that the Void Dog was over a hundred meters long when it was born, he was amazed, but he just thought that the Void Dog was a special individual among the Void Beasts.

It was not until he consulted relevant books in the Golden Academy library that he discovered his cognitive bias. Although the Void Dog is indeed special, normal Void Behemoths can reach dozens of meters when they are born, and there are many that can reach hundreds of kilometers in size when they mature. Those powerful Void Behemoths can even be comparable to small worlds in size.

But the Void Beasts have a characteristic: after they die, the Void Power in their bodies will continue to dissipate, and as the Void Power dissipates, their body size will also shrink proportionally.

Even if it is sealed, it can only slow down the loss of void power to a certain extent, so the remains of the void beast that Mellen bought is actually an old corpse.

After understanding the special characteristics of the Void Behemoth, Melen became more interested in the training of the Void Dog.

After all, who doesn’t like big?!

Unfortunately, at this stage, after the Void Dog recovers its original state, although it will not attack Mellen and others at will, it will still be in a manic state and find it difficult to control itself, so it still needs to be educated.

Under Xiao Jin's guidance, Mellen quickly arrived at a semicircular auditorium full of science fiction feeling and sat in his own seat.

There are about a thousand seats in the auditorium, which should correspond to the number of freshmen. When Mellen arrived, half of them were already seated.

There are nine seats on the podium in the center of the auditorium, which should be prepared for the dean of studies and tutors.

As the ceremony began, the dean and instructors also appeared. Each of them released their own powerful aura without any care, and they were all at the saint level.

There are legendary instructors in the Golden Academy, but those instructors are basically only responsible for teaching students below the legendary level. Now, at the first meeting of legendary freshmen, it is still difficult for the legendary instructors to control the situation.

The Dean of Studies was named Luther Patterson. He first welcomed the arrival of all the freshmen on behalf of the Golden Academy, and then briefly talked about the history, traditions, mottos, school rules, etc. of the Golden Academy, which was not much different from the freshman entrance ceremony of a normal college.

Next, we will introduce the saintly mentors and talk about their areas of expertise.

After completing these formal projects, Luther smiled and said, "Next, it's our Golden Academy's routine freshman test. But don't worry, this test won't be counted towards your regular grades, so success or failure won't have much of an impact on you."

Although that's what Dean Luther said, Mellen keenly noticed that the Saint Mentor, who was originally rather lazy, became a little more serious when he heard that the test was about to begin.

It only takes a little thought to understand that the mentors in the Golden Academy can establish a closer relationship with their students, that is, a formal teacher-disciple relationship.

Of course, this close relationship requires the consent of both parties. The teacher must select the disciples, and the disciples must recognize the teacher.

The entrance test may be to allow freshmen to fully demonstrate themselves. The saint mentors can see whether there are good seedlings they need among the freshmen through their performance. This is actually a routine activity that favors mentors.

Luther said, "The goal of this test is survival, with a focus on improvisation, wisdom, and strength."

"A strand of your spirit will be drawn into an independent virtual space. Initially, you will all have the strength of an ordinary person. You will need to explore the virtual space to gain points in order to gradually unlock your own strength. A small amount of points will be naturally scattered, but most of them can only be obtained by solving puzzles. Killing any opponent will earn you 10% of their total points."

"What you need to do is improve your strength as quickly as possible and survive. When the time reaches a certain level, powerful beasts will be released into the virtual space. Killing these beasts will also earn you points. The beasts' strength will gradually increase until they have eliminated all of you."

"The top 100 students in this test will receive 200 academy points, the top 300 will receive academy points, and the top will receive academy points, as well as a % discount on items below level authority."

"Alright, little ones, try your best to survive to the end!"

As Luther finished speaking, Mellen felt a slight pulling force. He did not resist, but directly released a strand of his spirit along the pulling force.

Mellen's perspective changed instantly, and he came to a wasteland. As far as he could see, there were no other students around. However, this was normal. This kind of survival game definitely requires a certain amount of development time, otherwise it would just be ordinary people fighting with their fists.

Mellen looked around and suddenly his eyes flashed, spotting a bright light. When he got closer, he realized it was a green ball of light, extremely eye-catching. When he touched it with his hand, a warning sounded...

"Obtain 10 points, points redemption is enabled."

Mellen curled his lips, feeling more like a game.

He looked at the points exchange...

Unlocking the first level of strength requires: 10 points.

Unlock the second-level strength, requirements: 100 points, first-level strength.

Unlock the third level of strength, requirements: 1000 points, second level of strength.

Unlocking the fourth level of strength requires: 10000 points and third level of strength.

Although it's a bit crude, at least it's simple and clear.

If it was the kind of game Mellen played in his previous life, there would be ten or eight obstacles between each level, such as level one + 1, level one + 2... Then if you want to upgrade to level four, let alone 10000 points, even dozens of times more might not be enough.

Mellen directly used the points to unlock the first-level strength, and immediately felt that he had improved a lot compared to his blank state. At the same time, he could also choose a dog to pull his spirit in here. Of course, this time the pulling was done through his contract, after all, he was a beastmaster.

After thinking about it for a while, Melen did not choose Spike, but chose... Xiao Liuli.

After Xiao Liuli's spirit was pulled over through the contract, he was a little confused at first. After Melen told him the current situation, the little fox immediately jumped into his arms happily and acted coquettishly.

After a brief exchange, Melen discovered that Xiao Liuli could only use the strength of the first level. He understood that this was the limitation and there was no loophole to exploit.

But it didn’t matter to Melen. He held little Liuli in his arms and began to explore.

While the students were exploring individually, a dense array of virtual screens appeared in front of the instructors on the platform, each displaying the image of a student.

Although there are many screens, it is nothing to the saint instructors. They can easily observe the actions of each student.

It can be seen that the students' movements on the screen are obviously much faster than normal. Obviously, the time flow rate set in the virtual space is different from that in reality.

"I don't know if there are any good talents among the new students this time. It would be great if there were talents like Rashmi or Tapeyana."

"Forget it. Even the Golden Academy doesn't recruit geniuses destined to become saints every year. It's good enough if there are some worth cultivating."

"That's right, maybe there will be a student who can make a breakthrough."

"Oh! There's no such thing as sudden success after years of hard work in this world. It's nothing more than a sudden opportunity."

"That's not true. Some people's talents do require certain stringent conditions to awaken. It makes sense that they accumulate strength and then develop."

"Okay, stop talking, the exciting part is about to begin."

As the test continues, more and more students begin to be eliminated, and the screen corresponding to that student will disappear. Correspondingly, the screens of those students with outstanding performance will occupy a larger area.

Mellen encountered many puzzles during his exploration. The puzzles were also varied. For example, if you know the knowledge, you basically know it, and if you don’t know it, you can’t guess it.